Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 165
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
"Boyz N the Hood" (1991)
Boyz N the Hood is more than a big studio prestige picture at the close of the Reagan/Bush era.
"Pulp Fiction" (1994)
Quentin Tarantino’s first masterwork is a sight to behold and listen to.
"Trainspotting" (1996)
Addictive behavior is baked into modern life and the only way to defeat the lure of substance abuse is developing community.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001)
I put on some make-up, turn up the eight-track; I’m pulling the wig down from the shelf.
"Moonlight" (2016)
Barry Jenkins trades on 'hood films to achieve something remarkably different.